NRC 225 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Story of the Forest II The History of the forest Outline of Current Lecture I Night Flying Women Discussion Current Lecture Ojibway was the broadest groups across America because there were cultural differences in every location Cultures so dissimilar from one another language food clothes Sauvage French means of the woods or of the wild Savage English untamed fierce ferocious brutal uncivilized cruel An eye for an eye until the whole world was blind Gandhi Goyaale Geronimo Chiricahua Apache Warrior Ran around in White Mountains with 5 000 white men trying to catch them Show up 60 miles away from where they were the night before Only in the United States are Native Americans clothing are showed in Natural History museums instead of cultural museums Instead of reviewing Native Americans as primitive and whites as civilized we should refer to Native Americans as naturalists and whites as Industrialized Native Americans No word for religion or art tradition Time and process are not conceptualized Special quality of interrelationship with the forms and forces of their natural Environment Night Flying Women Describe the family clan and community structure Close knit sharing was a part of everyday life Mixed clans to have the most gains had to marry outside of clan Very organized clans all have roles and responsibilities Respect the elders know best have had the most experiences What was the nature or the essence of the Ojibway s people relationship to forests Forest was a living thing they were a part of These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Not a natural resource Emotionally connected to forest forest is happy we will be happy too Forest will shelter us it s not the wilderness that scares us in our culture Forest is needed to survive acknowledgment of the different organisms Refer to earth as grandmother What were the seasonal patterns and activities that comprised a typical year of the Ojibway Wild rice was the sustaining food along with fish Hunting and fishing goes out for all the year How did dreams or visions influence the actions and decisions of the clan If someone came to be known as having this gift taken very seriously If the dreams were proven to be correct they were taken more seriously Oona has a dream and everyone picks up and moves What interaction did this clan have with the white strangers over several generations Some embrace new comers some did not The clan moved deeper in the forest the white strangers always showed up What were some ways by which the Ojibway attempted to reconcile or combine their old way and new ways of life Try to retain their beliefs and try to take a pass on new beliefs Try to use some new technologies kettle started to get pushed into it What was the paper and why was it so important A treaty used to control the white strangers but it didn t work How were the white settlers and government officials viewed by the Ojibway Treated them with respect at first but then they saw them as forceful people and the Native Americans reacted to that Native Americans also assimilate really quickly and people were less and less against the white strangers What are the key lessons that you learned from the reading Respect the land We are equal to the land not meant to protect or destroy it